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What design appears on the front of the Victoria Cross?
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Pierre and Marie Curie depicted on the obverse of a medal from the Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum (International Union Against Cancer) commemorating the Curies' discovery of radium in 1898.
The front of the Victoria Cross features a design of a lion standing upon a crown, accompanied by the inscription "For Valour."1